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PMR090K-05 Albania, Berat: In the 6th century BC the town was a Greek fortress-settlement of the Dassaretae tribe, later the Illyrian town of "Antipatrea", and then taken by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. Here: a cobbled street in the old walled citadel on the hilltop ("Kala"), with the owner of the five-roomed house, Abdulla, a confirmed Communist and supporter of Enver Hoxha, standing in front of the door. Keywords: Shqiperia, architecture, Turkish houses, historic town, national heritage, picturesque, mediaeval, Ottoman

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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Albania, Berat: In the 6th century BC the town was

a Greek fortress-settlement of the Dassaretae tribe, later the Illyrian town of "Antipatrea", and then taken by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. Here: a cobbled street in the old walled citadel on the hilltop ("Kala"), with the owner of the five-roomed house, Abdulla, a confirmed Communist and supporter of Enver Hoxha, standing in front of the door.
Keywords: Shqiperia, architecture, Turkish houses, historic town, national heritage, picturesque, mediaeval, Ottoman